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DOE selects first companies for nuclear launch pad
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have announced their first selections for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad: three companies developing microreactors and one developing fuel supply.
The four companies—Deployable Energy, General Matter, NuCube Energy, and Radiant Industries—were selected from the initial pool of Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program applicants, the two precursor programs to the launch pad.
2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting Plenary Session Appearance
CTO Terrestrial Energy USA
Member Idaho State Board of Education
Dr. David Hill is Chief Technology Officer for Terrestrial Energy USA. He retired as the Deputy Laboratory Director for Science & Technology at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory in 2013. He had previously held senior positions at both Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and also a member of the State Board of Education in Idaho.
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